Loisaida is a term derived from the Latino (and especially Puerto Rican) pronunciation of "Lower East Side", a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. Loisaida Avenue is now an alternate name for Avenue C in the Alphabet City neighborhood of New York City, whose population has largely been Hispanic (mainly Puerto Rican) since the late 1960s.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Linguistic Military Intelligence
A particularly witty nugget buried in an article on Obama's Afghanistan strategy,
"The reaction at the Pentagon, said one official, was “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” — military slang for an expression of shock."
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